Chambers of Simeon Maskrey QC
LONDON, WC1R 4BU, ENGLAND- Tel:
- Work 020 7242 3555
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Andrew Wheeler
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Work Department
Commercial and business crime
Position
Extensive experience in relation to the prosecution and defence of serious fraud, and associated money laundering, compliance, and proceeds of crime restraint/confiscation issues. Andrew is allocated to A list of counsel instructed by the Serious Fraud Office, is allocated to List A of the Attorney General’s list to represent HM Revenue and Customs and the BERR, and is a Grade 4 Prosecutor for south east midland circuits, and is regularly instructed by CPS Casework Directorate/Fraud. He is also regularly instructed by leading defence firms. Key cases: ‘Operation Learning’: co-ordinating investigations arising from the £280 million collapse of the DfES individual learning account scheme; ‘Operation Digits’: the largest investigation by HMRC into tax fraud in the construction industry; ‘Operation Tumsar’: an international investigation into $500 million fraud and money laundering led by the Metropolitan Police Anti- Corruption Command; R v Rosser, Jupe & Ors: the forerunner of the multi-million pound series of international investment alcohol frauds investigated by the Serious Fraud Office.
Career
Called 1988, Lincoln’s Inn; on the list of approved counsel for the Serious Fraud Office and HM Customs & Excise; grade 4 prosecutor.
Practice Areas
Fraud: crime